| 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005) | |
| Paper No. 109-1 | |
| Presentation Time: 1:35 PM-1:50 PM | ||
THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON SNOW ACCUMULATION AND MELT IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE BASIN FROM 2000 THROUGH 2005 | ||
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MCINERNEY, Brian Joseph, National Weather Service, 2242 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, brian.mcinerney@noaa.gov Climate plays a major role in the accumulation of snowpack and resulting melt scenarios of the Great Salt Lake Basin. Prior to the 2005 water year, Utah experienced an extended period of very warm and dry conditions, threatening the water supply of the state. At the end of the 2004 water year, a drastic climatic shift brought copious snowpack and excessive runoff to Utah. This paper will analyze the differing climate of the drought years and the dramatic shift ushering in the 2005 water year. | ||
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2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)
General Information for this Meeting | ||
| Session No. 109 The Hydrosystem of the Great Salt Lake Basin: New Frontiers for Observing and Modeling Human-impacted Hydrologic, Climatic, and Geomorphologic Processes I Salt Palace Convention Center: 251 C 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, 17 October 2005 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 250 | ||
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